A/N:

Hey there everybody!
Thank you for your reviews and thanks to everyone following and liking this story.

Sorry for posting a short chapter again, but University started a couple of days ago so I had no time to write bigger chapters. I will also update not so fast as in the beginning. :3
I also edited the first chapter a little bit, putting some space between the conversation there. :D

Hope you enjoy this little chapter here ~


Chapter 4.

In a small tent

Libra and Lissa took care of Robin's wound. It was a deep cut, but they said it would heal in several days if Robin takes her conocotion regularly.

Lissa is putting a bandage around Robin's shoulder carefully after Libra left them. "I'm glad that you're alright!" she says, frowning. "We kinda panicked when we heard that scream." Robin smirks weakly.

"I'm so sorry, really. I never thought that the Risen were here." she says, lowering her head. After Chrom brought her to the healers, he immediately ordered everyone to gather their things together. They wanted to depart as soon as Libra and Lissa took care of Robin. "I hope they won't return again...and I probably should have been more careful. I'm slowing you down now." But the princess to her left shakes her head.

"You don't slow us down. It could have happened to anyone, and the wound will heal with time. You should be glad that Tharja was close to you, though. " She giggles. "Having a stalker seems to have some bright sides." Robin couldn't contain a laugh.

"Yes. I would have been dead then for sure. I owe her." then the brunette smiles softly at the princess, who nods once as she finally finishes tying up the bandage.

"Chrom should thank her, too. He really freaked out when he-" and just before Lissa could end her sentence, her older brother enters the tent.

"Hey. Are you done? It would be the best if we leave as soon as we can." Robin feels her cheeks getting warm immediately. Lissa looks at her brother.

"I just finished. We could depart anytime." she grins, and Chrom smiles in response, though he somehow locks his eyes on Lissa's. The princess' smile fades, and her eyes show some confusion until she opens her mouth in an understanding motion. "Alright then. I'll leave you two alone now."

The future-king frowns, as if he didn't want Lissa to speak his desire out lout. The blonde girl turns to Robin and winks before she leaves the tent. Robin's face looks confused, but she says a quiet 'see you soon'. Everything inside the brown-haired tactician's body is tense, now that she's alone with the prince. She doesn't show it on the outside, though. "So, you want to talk to me?" She is amazed by how neutral her voice sounds. The bluenette nods.

"Vaike and Gaius went back to the place where you and Tharja fought those Risen." he starts, and then his expression turns sad. "They found some shreds of paper that didn't burn completely."
Robin's throat dries out immediately and her eyes wide in shock. Chrom presses his lips together until he continues. "I assume our formation and everything we planned was written down on those papers?" And Robin nods, and she feels like throwing up right now.

"Well..losing them isn't much of a problem. I have everything in my head. I don't need them." The brunette tries to sound confident, even though she isn't. Of course she knows their plan by heart, but somehow it hurts that she lost those sheets. They held the Shepherd's hopes for ending this horrible war, and holding them in her hands gave Robin something to hold on.

Robin tries to order her thoughts for a moment, when Chrom sits down a few inches away from her. "Alright then. I wanted to tell you since you somehow clung to them the last few days." he says. Robin looks at him and the distance between them, somehow having the desire to break it.

"Y-Yeah, I probably did.." she says, almost too quiet to hear it. "That's because I want everything to work out this time. It HAS to work out. No plan B or C, there is only this one." Her stomach feels sick again, and her hands get shaky. "And I will try my best so everything's going to run just as planned." She swallows, looking at her lap. The tactician suddenly feels fingertips brushing her bandage carefully with not too much pressure.

"Don't push yourself too much. You're not alone, you know. We're with you." he pauses for a few seconds before he continues. "I don't want you to bear that burden by yourself, since this isn't your war." His voice sounds saddened, but Robin shakes her head.

"It is, since the ones I love are also involved in this. And I will do everything to protect them." she says, looking at Chrom who immediately shuns her eyes. Seeing how he looks away makes her angry and sad at the same time. "Chrom, look at me please."

He doesn't reply and looks somewhere else. The tactician moves closer to him, her grief conquering her anger towards him. "Do you hate me?"

This catches his attention, and he looks into her face immediately. "Gods, no! How could I ever hate you?!"

"Because I failed you..because we lost Emmeryn, the pegasus knights, that battle..." she pauses for a brief moment, but before she could speak up again, she feels Chrom taking her hand and squeezing it so fiercely it almost hurts.

"Didn't I tell you that you are not responsible for their deaths?" his expression looks serious, making his face look more handsome than it already was. "So don't feel guilty. I don't want you to carry this burden since, like I said before, this is not your war. You did the best you could, and you can't imagine how much I appreciate everything you already did for us." then he pauses for a short moment. "Robin, I don't want you to get hurt. If this is too much for you, then you should stay in Ylisstol."

The brunette looks at the prince in shock and shakes her head quickly. "No. No no no." She increases the pressure on his hand now. "You saved me, so I'll stay by your side, no matter what." She could see him biting his lip before he speaks again.

"But you did enough for us already. And the last thing I want is that you feel responsible for MY mistakes." The tactician then shakes her head again.

"When I opened my eyes back then, you and Lissa were the first ones I saw in this new life. First, I was afraid, even as I fought by your side. I thought about my life before, and who I actually was. But as we spent more time together, fought together and laughed together, I stopped to care about my life before." she breathes in and out for a moment before she goes on. "I want to stay with the Shepherds. I want to fight for the people of Ylisse, my friends, and...for you..."

The prince places his free hand into her neck, resting his forehead against hers. "Stop talking already." he says, but not with enough earnestness to keep Robin from talking.

"We are partners in crime, captain and tactician. And I'm also the sword at your side if you wish." her words are almost a whisper now, her heartbeat pumping in her ears as she realizes how close they were. Their cheeks are painted in red, and neither of them tries to back away as they look into each others eyes. The tactician tries her best to breath slowly, but her instincts and her heart rate fight against her. Almost afraid she raises her free hand, placing it onto his chest as he leans his head closer to hers, their noses touching slightly.

'What is this feeling?'

Her mind begins to spin as his hand moves from her neck down her back gently and his head leans in again. He closes his eyes, and Robin follows his example quickly. Her insides feel like they're about to catch fire, but a nice kind of fire, a fire Robin can't describe herself.

As their lips almost touch, she grips the clothing on his chest, moving instinctively closer once more. With a low voice, she hears him whisper her name.

Then, someone enters the tent, and both the prince and the tactician look up immediately. Olivia is standing there, her lips parted and her eyes widened. Then she gets pale and mumbles something unintelligible before she runs out of the tent.

"Uhm.." is the only thing Chrom could bring up now, his face completely red. He gets up immediately and almost runs out of the tent as if he's being hunted.

For a moment, Robin sits still. Her heart beats fiercely, and she touches her lips with her fingertips slightly. Then she thinks of Olivia and remembers their talk a few hours ago. She swallows.


A/N:

Yeah, some tension between Robin and Chrom. I don't know if this scene is alright and comes not too fast, but I really wanted to write this since I didn't plan on making this story too long.

Thank you very much for reading. I hope you liked it, and reviews and stuff are very appreciated!